John Beatty

John Beatty (10 December 1749-30 May 1826) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-NJ) from 1793 to 1795.

Biography
John Beatty was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1749, and he opened a medical practice in Hartsville in 1769 after being educated by Benjamin Rush. He was captured at the surrender of Fort Washington in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, but he was later exchanged and made a colonel. He settled in New Jersey, serving in the General Assembly from 1781 to 1783, representing Middlesex County; in 1784 and 1785, he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1793 to 1795 and as Secretary of State of New Jersey from 1795 to 1805, and he died in Trenton in 1826.